Executive

Executive
By: CrimsonFox
Disclaimer: Not mine! One day I'll come up with a real smartass way of putting this, and they'll wish they never heard the word 'disclaimer'
Warning: Yaoi, lots and lots of it!

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Wow, there were a lot more reviewers than I was expecting, and as much as I would like to come up with a small comment for everyone of you... I'm not that much of a conversationalist, so here's thanks to everyone who reviewed; phoenixfirekitsune, Everqueen, BlueUtopiah, wouldn't you like to know? (Yes, yes I would), darkrosedamael, KyoHana, RyouKitsune, again, too lay to sign in (You write it all, you're getting it all), Rosemary, shiorifoxiesmom, Sil, SweetMisery1, saiyan_kitsune_foxfire, Weathered, NyteKit, Yukizora (Double thanks, I guess?), Nekosune, krystle, Cutie_Neko, inoku, youngwind2, and dianaviera.

Also thanks to those who read and liked my story even if you didn't review!

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Chapter Nine: Stressed

“Germany?” Kurama cringed a little over their early breakfast.

“What? I thought that you spoke German,” Hiei raised an eyebrow.

“Only a little, I’m still learning.”

“Well, you’ll just have to learn faster.”

“I don’t know if I’ll have time. I have my midterms coming up with three papers to do, and I work evening shifts every night.”

“You do know that you don’t have to do that, right? I got you that job for extra spending money. Take a few days off and I’ll get you some books.”

Kurama let out a heavy sigh as he nodded. He didn’t really have much of a choice now.

“Great, you have until the end of the semester,” he picked up Kurama's hands to place a kiss on the inside of his wrist. He had taken to this habit since trying to kiss Kurama's lips took too much stretching just to reach the luscious lips when he was in a hurry.

“I’ll see you tonight,” he smiled sadly as he held his graced wrist to his heart sweetly.

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A week passed as Kurama tried to learn German while at work as well as finish up his midterms and keep contact with his mother.

He was getting tired as he continued to study the foreign language more and more. “Oh, no!” he looked at the clock reading that it was 1:37 in the morning, “I have paper due in class in less than twelve hours.”

“Kurama?” Hiei grumbled as he leaned in the doorway to Kurama's new bedroom, “Why are you still awake?”

“Oh, sorry, I forgot that I have a paper due tomorrow, and only have a few hours to finish writing it. It’s fine, go back to bed.”

“Hn,” Hiei looked over the less than half dressed man.

Kurama blushed at the undeniable look in Hiei’s eyes. It made him happy that he only wore skimpy shorts when he studied in his room.

“Don’t stay up too late.”

“I’ll try not to.”

“Hn,” Hiei nodded and went back to bed.

Letting out a heavy sigh, Kurama pulled out one of the three books required for the class cursing that he had picked all advanced courses. Examining the contents, Kurama pulled out a highlighter and started to mark up almost two hundred pages in less than half an hour.

As quietly as possible, Kurama made a cup of coffee before he went to Hiei’s computer so he could type up the paper. About twenty pages and five hours later, Kurama was finally able to hit the save and print buttons.

Yawning, he was only able to get about four hours of sleep before he had to run out the door. He gave Hiei his usual kiss goodbye before running out. After his first classes, he went out to lunch with his mother, and went to his third class, where he learned of another ten page paper that he would have due in a week, and there was still another paper he had to write for psych class tomorrow.

Groaning, Kurama slowly made his way to work. He refused to let Hiei cradle him like a baby. He needed someone to depended on, but not coddle him. He wanted to work for his own money, at least some of it in his current situation.

“Yo, Kurama, how ya been doin’?” the unnaturally red haired girl greeted her fellow employee when she came in to take over his shift.

“Fine, and how have you been, Koto?”

“Alright, my girlfriends been riding me pretty hard to,” she stopped when she noticed Kurama's raised eyebrow, “don’t give me that look, Mister, you know what I mean.”

“Sorry, I’m just kidding,” Kurama smiled softly, “What is she bothering you about?”

“My grades, as usual. So, I was wondering if you had any free time to tutor me in math, and that might get Juri to lay off for a little bit.”

“You know I would love to, but I have to study so Hiei will take me to Germany with him and I can be his translator again.”

“So, what’s going on between Mr. Jaganshi and yourself?” she had had her suspicions about the two when she found out that Hiei had used his influence to get the pretty redhead a job in the small shop.

“What?” Kurama had to bite his lip not to spill every detail. Hiei was counting on him to keep everything that happened inside the condo… well, inside the condo.

“Hiei? What are you two?”

“Just roommates. He’s very nice.”

“Ha, that’s a laugh, he’s nice for a business man, but he’s pretty bad when it comes to personal relationships.”

“What are you talking about?” he held himself back from attacking someone who dared to insult his beloved.

“He doesn’t really care about being with his supposed girlfriend. Have you met her? She’s a real business bitch, Mukuro?”

“Yes, I have seen her once or twice,” he lied easily, a smile tugged at his lips as he recalled the make out session the two shared while in Hiei’s car.

“She is said to come about places and act as if she owns them.”

“Doesn’t she, technically?”

“Yeah, but Hiei owns more stock and treats us better than her, too.”

“I thought you said that you didn’t like him.”

“He’s not the man of my dreams, but for the things he does, and the money that he makes I’d be willing to put out even if he is a guy.”

“Hey!”

“What?”

“… N-nothing,” he blushed.

“Are you sure?” she raised a skeptical pierced eyebrow.

“Yes, of course I am, look I have to get going. I have a paper to write and a language to learn,” he threw everything in his backpack and signed out before heading back to the condo, looking forward to seeing Hiei again… sort of. He loved Hiei, but he was feeling a little stressed with the meeting coming up, and wasn’t sure if he could learn the language in time. He also had to write that paper as well as study for the math exam in two weeks. It was definitely going to be a rough month.

“Hiei! I’m home!” Kurama announced as he locked the door behind him and kicked off his shoes.

“Hn,” was barely heard from the computer room.

“Okay… I’ll be in my room,” he let out a defeated sigh, “Studying psychology… alone.”

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“Kurama,” Hiei asked the redhead in his new room, “what do you want for dinner?”

“Uh, um, not right now, I have a paper due tomorrow that I have to finish, I’ll eat later, you get what ever you want,” he didn’t even look away from the books he was studying.

“Okay…”

Kurama could feel that Hiei was still standing in his doorway, “How can I…?” He had to keep from giggling as the business man was staring at his long pale legs, which were revealed by his scandalous shorts, which barely even covered his firm, round ass. It made Kurama very, very happy that he dressed like a tramp when he was alone in his room studying.

A tint of red appeared on Hiei’s cheeks when he realized he was caught staring at the taller boy’s… everything. Clearing his throat to try and retain some of his dignity, Hiei managed to walk out stiffly.

“Come back anytime!” Kurama shouted, laughing softly.

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Another two hours passed and Hiei was getting ready for bed when he realized that the redhead was still in his room studying.

“Kurama? Aren’t you going to eat?”

“Later,” he sighed, “I just have to write this paper, and I’ll get ready for bed.”

“I want you to eat.”

“I’m fine. I don’t have time to eat right now.”

“Kurama, take a break, you’ve been studying all night,” he demanded.

“Yes, I know, but I have a lot to go still.”

“… Fine, good night.”

“Night, Hiei, love you.”

“…” he was already in his pajamas and heading for bed.

Finishing up his paper as quickly as possible, Kurama hit the print button at five in the morning. He set all of his things in order for his 8:30 class, which meant that he had to be up by seven… Two hours of sleep… he could deal with that, right?

He passed out the instant he touched the bed.

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“Kurama,” Hiei’s deep voice awoke him the next morning.

“Hm,” he groaned while jerkily sitting up in bed.

“Don’t you have class in half an hour?”

“Huh? Oh no! I have to go!” he threw off his clothing and dressed in the clothes he set aside, and ran into the bathroom to brush his teeth and hair. In an instant he grabbed his bag and ran out the door.

Hiei was left rather stunned, Kurama never left with out giving him a goodbye kiss whether he wanted it or not. Oh, and Kurama had gotten completely nude before him in his rush to change clothes. The naked beauty danced through his head all day long, which caused some awkward moments that he barely managed to talk his way out of.

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When at school, Kurama fought hard to stay awake. He liked the class, but he was so tired from the lack of sleep from the past could days that he felt the need for a few large cappuccinos to make it through the one class. When the torture was finally over, he made his way back to the condo, he didn’t even have time to pick up something to eat on his way home

Plopping down atop his brand new bed, he stared the large book with small print. He would study for about half an hour and then get started with his paper. It really shouldn’t be all that hard… The only problem was that Hiei wasn’t there. He missed his beloved grumpy little business man. It had been so long since the two were last truly alone and happy. He missed Hiei’s warmth, maybe while they were in Germany the two could rekindle what was still just being lit.

“Kurama,” Hiei would say, “I love you. I have to have you now. Screw the rest of the world.”

“Oh, Hiei, of course,” he would respond and take Hiei into his arms, holding him as close as possible.

After that they would kiss deeply and… fuck all night long!

“Yeah,” Kurama sat up from the couch he had lounged himself across. Laughing softly at the thought of Hiei being emotional, he finished off the last line of the paragraph he had been working on and hit save before he hurried to get ready for work.

The sun was warm on his face while the wind was cool about his neck, playing with his hair. Letting out a heavy sigh Kurama made his way through the hustle and bustle of the crowded downtown street. Unfortunately, weariness was starting to take its toll on him…

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The day was going as well as it ever did. After a long boring meeting, where Hiei’s only part was to glare horrendously at the attending shop keepers who dared to question what the leader of the next project was saying, Hiei had a lunch date with Mukuro about business trade, which got nothing done except a lot of exacerbated sighs. He had no interest in marrying her, even if it was just get his uncle’s money, but Mukuro continued to press the matter.

“I’ve decided to let them give his money to the charities that he asked them to be given to. I’m not getting married.”

“You’re such a stubborn asshole,” she scowled at the short business man.

Luckily that’s all he had to deal with her for that meeting since they had real business to deal with.

He was actually happy to finally get home where his beloved redhead would be waiting for him, but no one was in…

“Kurama?”

He must be out somewhere, right? Probably out to dinner with someone from work. He would have left a message if he did that though. Where could Kurama be?

“Hello?” the familiar voice answered when he called the cell phone.

“Kurama? Where are you?”

“Work, we’re open late tonight for prom.”

“Oh… okay… do you want me to pick you up from work? We can go get dinner before coming home.”

“Hm, that sounds great, but I have a paper to write for next week and a presentation for tomorrow, and I’m still studying for our trip.”

“…Kurama…”

“Sorry, there’s a customer, I have to go. Bye.”

Hiei looked at his phone in surprise. Kurama just turned him down for a date… what was going on?

He ordered Kurama's favorite, teriyaki chicken pizza, for his hard working redhead.

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It was almost midnight when the weary teen finally stumbled into the condominium. “Mm,” he took in the mouth watering scent that made his empty stomach rumble louder.

“Kurama? You’re home.”

“Mm,” Kurama couldn’t seem to form sentences.

“You are going to eat, right?”

“Mm-hm,” he kissed Hiei on the lips, letting his weight fall into the business man’s welcoming arms. It was so nice and warm. The weather outside was starting to freeze with the fall weather and on coming winter. “I’ve missed this,” he mumbled about the hot lips, and pressed their warming bodies closer together. He could taste the pizza in Hiei’s mouth, and felt hungrier than ever. Pulling the shorter man close to his body, their starving tongues slid against one another as they made out and fell to the couch.

Hiei smiled against the beautiful boy’s jaw. It felt good, laying out underneath his teenage lover… well, lover to be.

“One more year,” he promised, “and you’ll be mine.”

“Mm, I’m already yours. You just refuse to do anything about it.”

“Come on, it’s time for your dinner. I don’t think that you’ve eaten in a while,” he changed the subject smoothly.

“Too tired,” Kurama murmured as he made himself comfortable in Hiei’s neck, nuzzling the tender skin.

“One slice,” he sat up, pulling the teenager up with him.

“Mm,” Kurama rested his head on Hiei’s shoulder.

“Get up,” Hiei nudged the boy in his lap softly, but the redhead slumped even more into his strong, warm arms, “Kurama…”

“So comfy,” his voice had dropped to a deep whisper.

“I’m sure you are, but I don’t want you starving to death in your sleep,” he pulled Kurama's beautiful face into a long, deep kiss.

“Mm,” he roused a little to respond to the loving touches, and managed to wake long enough to eat a couple slices of pizza, and Hiei allowed him to sleep in the master bedroom in the strong, warm arms.

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“Hiei,” Kurama mumbled as he awoke in the middle of the night. He crawled up from his resting place on Hiei’s strong pectoral, and placed soft kisses all over Hiei’s face, “Hiei… this is so frustrating…” his mouth wandered all over the strong neck, and he slowly worked his way down to a nipple, perked from the cool air.

“Mm,” Hiei groaned slightly.

“I need you so much,” his hand slid lower, stroking the flaccid member, but it reacted quickly to the surprising touch, “You’re so sensitive.”

“Kurama,” he pushed the redhead off rather gently for his well known strength.

“Darn, I thought you were sleeping,” he nipped lightly at Hiei’s earlobe, tasting the salty skin mixed with the clean scent of soap.

“So you were planning on raping me?”

“No… just molesting you,” he murmured sleepily.

“You are beautiful,” Hiei rolled on to his side so he could brush a hand through the tick red mane.

“Mm,” he enjoyed the caresses and lingering touches as he slowly drifted back to sleep.

“Did you finish all of your homework?”

“You’re worse than my mother, you know?” Kurama huffed lightly as he held Hiei’s warm and callused palm to his cheek, but kept his eyes closed as he faced the raven haired business man.

“Hn,” he was already drifting back to sleep, murmuring something, that even Hiei wasn’t sure about.

“I have a project for tomorrow,” Kurama slid from the sheets reluctantly, so he could work on a PowerPoint.

Hiei didn’t notice the heaviness that was in Kurama's tired eyes, and quickly fell asleep to Kurama's talented finger typing away steadily at the keyboard in the next room.

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Almost literally crashing into one of the lounge couches, Kurama was glad that he had managed to get through the presentation with out a problem. He was having more and more trouble focusing as of lately. Every now and then, his vision would begin to blur and fade a little, but it all went back to normal before he could even think to complain. He draped his long arms over his eyes so he couldn’t see past them.

“Hey, Kurama, you okay?”

Despairingly he looked up, but only found the green haired girlfriend of his coworker.

“You’re not lookin’ so hot, babe,” she stated blatantly.

“Really? Because I feel like I’m on fire,” he smiled softly at one of the few people he knew not to be a threat to him.

“Maybe you should get home, hm?”

“No, I have to get to work in a little bit,” he tried to stand, but his arms gave out before he even managed to fully attempt.

“Do you really need the money?”

“Actually… no, but…”

“Then let Koto take your shift, okay? I’m sure she’d be happy to do so, we need to get the rent paid off quickly for our apartment.”

“…That’s not such a bad idea.”

“Great,” she started to pull him up straight, “You go home and rest, and I’ll let Koto know…”

“Your birthday’s coming up soon, isn’t it?”

The girl blushed brightly, she had been found out rather quickly, “Heh, heh, yeah.”

“Well, I hope she can get you whatever it is that you’re hoping for.”

“She had better get it for me,” she laughed, “Sorry, hon, I got physics in the opposite direction. You get home and rest, ’kay?”

“Yes, thank you very much,” he was all too happy to end the day with a hot bubble bath and scarf down whatever Hiei brought home for dinner. Even so, the day was no where near over thanks to a tall shadow lurking in the alley way.

“Kurama.”

“… Ka-Karasu?”

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~TBC~

Let me know what you guys think, and sorry about the huge delay, I've been really out of it lately. Completely spacing out for long boughts of time is rather scary.